A Facebook tab for your mobile app
App makers, how do get your mobile app on your Facebook Page? Mixed Media Labs, the startup that aims to be the friend of every mobile developer, has an answer in its latest feature: the App.net Facebook tab.
The Facebook tab can be installed on any Page — it shows up as a green “Download app” icon in Facebook’s left-hand menu — and when clicked, features app content and download options.
A Page’s visitors can … Continue Reading
App.net invites Windows Phone 7, Blackberry and HTML5 in from the cold
App.net, a website for helping distribute and monetize mobile apps, got started in 2010 with iOS and Android. Today it is expanding its support to three new app platforms: Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Blackberry and HTML5.
App.net is owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, which was founded by Bryan Berg and Dalton Caldwell.
“A lot of the larger shops have apps on multiple platforms, and there are small developers that are experimenting with WP7,” … Continue Reading
RockStar Motel wants to put artist success in the hands of music fans
Luca Sacchetti has just created a social music network with the goal of giving fans the power to sign and represent artists online. RockStar Motel enters private beta today, with an official launch in October 2011.
“It amazes me how emotionally drained I feel,” says founder Sacchetti in an email to me this morning. “I pictured this day completely different than how I feel at this moment. When I started this journey I felt like … Continue Reading
App.net provides intelligent app landing pages — Why didn’t you think of this?
iPhone and Android apps often lack useful Web landing pages that would convert Web browsers into program downloaders. Useful landing pages are what Mixed Media Labs (“Makers of fine software products”) is now offering all iOS and Android developers, with its just-announced public availability of the App.net platform.
With App.net, developers can sign up for a platform of tools to refer to their apps in different contexts including Facebook, Twitter, Google+, email and SMS.
Dalton … Continue Reading
